MAURITIUS VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,393	2	1,805	- 412
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	890	7	346	+ 544
Stroke	3	819	3	985	- 166
Road Traffic Accidents	4	272	11	155	+ 117
Lung Disease	5	251	5	646	- 395
Kidney Disease	6	251	4	724	- 473
Liver Disease	7	194	12	145	+ 49
Lung Cancers	8	164	9	182	- 19
Diabetes Mellitus	9	156	1	1,873	- 1,718
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	152	34	42	+ 110
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	145	10	182	- 37
Breast Cancer	12	116	8	232	- 116
HIV/AIDS	13	102	13	141	- 39
Other Injuries	14	84	21	66	+ 19
Skin Disease	15	78	22	64	+ 14
Liver Cancer	16	75	27	56	+ 19
Oral Cancer	17	71	23	63	+ 7
Falls	18	70	26	57	+ 14
Suicide	19	69	14	120	- 51
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	67	42	23	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	21	55	18	104	- 50
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	54	43	22	+ 32
Leukemia	23	54	31	48	+ 5
Congenital Anomalies	24	53	25	57	- 4
Lymphomas	25	50	24	57	- 7
Tuberculosis	26	47	45	17	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	27	46	16	108	- 62
Parkinson's Disease	28	42	47	12	+ 30
Low Birth Weight	29	39	35	37	+ 2
Asthma	30	38	17	107	- 69
Cervical Cancer	31	38	30	49	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	32	38	28	55	- 17
Prostate Cancer	33	34	15	115	- 81
Violence	34	33	41	30	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	35	31	32	46	- 14
Drownings	36	31	33	43	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	37	31	19	101	- 70
Hypertension	38	25	6	592	- 567
Bladder Cancer	39	18	44	21	- 3
Encephalitis	40	17	61	1	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	41	16	37	35	- 19
Birth Trauma	42	14	36	37	- 23
Uterin Cancer	43	13	40	32	- 18
Fires	44	13	50	10	+ 2
Drug Use	45	12	46	16	- 4
Meningitis	46	11	57	2	+ 9
Dengue	47	11	68	0	+ 11
Other Neoplasms	48	10	20	77	- 67
Malnutrition	49	9	54	4	+ 6
Skin Cancers	50	9	53	5	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	9	56	3	+ 6
Epilepsy	52	9	38	35	- 26
Poisonings	53	8	49	11	- 3
Hepatitis B	54	8	65	0	+ 8
Alcohol	55	7	29	53	- 46
Maternal Conditions	56	6	48	11	- 4
Pertussis	57	3	66	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	58	3	59	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	84	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	60	1	+ 0
Tetanus	61	1	76	0	+ 1
Syphilis	62	1	67	0	+ 1
War	63	0	62	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	51	9	- 9
Upper Respiratory	65	0	63	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	83	0	52	5	- 5
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	39	33	- 33
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.